[Congressional Bills 111th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 509 Referred in Senate (RFS)]

111th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 509


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 29, 2009

 Received; read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and 
                              Public Works

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                                 AN ACT


 
  To reauthorize the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004, and for 
                            other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Marine Turtle Conservation 
Reauthorization Act of 2009''.

SEC. 2. AMENDMENTS TO PROVISIONS PREVENTING FUNDING OF PROJECTS IN THE 
              UNITED STATES.

    (a) In General.--The Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 is 
amended--
            (1) in section 2(b) (16 U.S.C. 6601(b)), by striking ``in 
        foreign countries'';
            (2) in section 3(2) (16 U.S.C. 6602(2))--
                    (A) in the matter preceding subparagraph (A), by 
                striking ``in foreign countries''; and
                    (B) in subparagraph (D), by striking ``of foreign 
                countries''; and
            (3) in section 4 (16 U.S.C. 6603)--
                    (A) in subsection (b)(1)(A), by inserting ``State 
                or'' before ``foreign country''; and
                    (B) in subsection (d), by striking ``in foreign 
                countries''.
    (b) State Defined.--Section 3 of such Act (16 U.S.C. 6602) is 
amended by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(7) State.--The term `State' means each of the several 
        States of the United States, the District of Columbia, the 
        Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American 
        Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, any 
        other territory or possession of the United States, and any 
        Indian tribe.''.

SEC. 3. LIMITATIONS ON EXPENDITURES.

    Section 5(b) of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 
U.S.C. 6604(b)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (2), by striking ``$80,000'' and inserting 
        ``$150,000''; and
            (2) by adding at the end the following new paragraph:
            ``(3) Limitation on projects in the united states.--Not 
        more than 20 percent of the amounts made available from the 
        Fund for any fiscal year may be used for projects relating to 
        the conservation of marine turtles in the United States.''.

SEC. 4. REAUTHORIZATION OF THE MARINE TURTLE CONSERVATION ACT OF 2004.

    Section 7 of the Marine Turtle Conservation Act of 2004 (16 U. S. 
C. 6606) is amended by striking ``each


              

 of fiscal years 2005 through 2009'' and inserting ``each of fiscal 
years 2009 through 2014''.

            Passed the House of Representatives July 28, 2009.

            Attest:

                                            LORRAINE C. MILLER,

                                                                 Clerk.